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• Introduction
  • Comments from the CGC Coordinating Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene List Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene Curators
  • Cucurbitaceae '94
  • 17th Annual CGC Business Meeting
  • Changes to CGC By-Laws
  • CGC Meetings in 1994
  • US Cucurbit Crop Advisory Committee 1993-1994 Update
  • Watermelon Research Group
  • The Cucurbit Network (TCN)
  • Melon, not Muskmelon
  • Senescence of Note - Thomas Wallace Whitaker
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. A core collection for cucumber: To be or not to be
     J.E. Staub (USA)
  2. A core collection for cucumber: A starting point
     J.E. Staub (USA)
  3. A set of cucumbers to represent the American market
     T.C. Wehner (USA)
  4. Cucumber cultivar cluster analysis
     H. Cui, M. Zhang and J. Deng (P.R. China)
  5. The Xishuangbanna gourd (Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannesis Qi et Yuan), a traditionally cultivated plant of the Hanai people, Xishuangbanna, Yunan, China
     J. Chen, S. Zhang and X. Zhang (P.R. China)
  6. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) mutations. III. Young yellow leaf mutant
     M. Rucipska, K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt and A. Korzeniewska (Poland)
  7. Some morphological parameters involving the mechanism of early yield in cucumber
     M. Zhang and H. Cui (P.R. China)
  8. Analysis of component traits for early yield in cucumber
     M. Yin and H. Cui (P.R. China)
  9. Fruit firmness and quality of parthenocarpic versus nonparthenocarpic pickling cucumber cultivars
     K.L. Cook, J.R. Baggett and A.C. Gabert (USA)
  10. Inheritance of fruit firmness in genetically parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers
      K.L. Cook, J.R. Baggett and A.C. Gabert (USA)
  11. Chilling resistance of five cucurbit species
      T.C. Wehner and Z.M. Mirdad (USA)
  12. Selection and characterization of salt-tolerant cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants using in vitro culture
      A. Baszczyk-Guzek and M. Szwacka (Poland)
  13. Micropropagation of the cucumber hybrids 'Brunex' and 'Bambina'
      G. Sapountzakis and A.S. Tsaftaris (Greece)
  14. A seed dryer for cucumber seeds
      T.C. Wehner and E.G. Humphries (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  15. Cucumis melo L. accessions of the genebank of the Polytechnical University of Valencia
      F. Nuez, J. Prohens, M.J. Diez and P. Fernandez de Cordova (Spain)
  16. Chromosome number and karyotype of melons (Cucumis melo L.)
      D. Ma, Z. Guo, C. Zhang, S. Gao and M. Wang (P.R. China)
  17. Races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis causing wilt of melons in Central Sudan
      Y.F. Mohamed, G.A. Dafalla and S.K. Omara (Sudan)
  18. Preliminary screening of indigenous cultivars and a few known marker lines of Cucumis melo for Fusarium wilt and CGMMV resistance
      J. Jain and T.A. More (India)
  19. Appearance of a possible new melon yellowing disease in Spain
      A.I.L. Sese, M.L. Gomez-Guillamon and J.R. Diaz-Ruiz (Spain)
  20. Resistance of Cucumis melo var. agrestis against melon-yellowing disease
      C. Soria and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon (Spain)
  21. Field resistance to melon dieback in Cucumis melo L.
      J. Esteva and F. Nuez (Spain)
  22. Preharvest foliar calcium treatments for reduction of postharvest Myrothecium fruit rot of melon
      J.O. Kuti and E.C. Boehm (USA)
  23. Response reaction of melon genotypes heterozygous for the Prv^I^ gene to mechanical inoculation of PRSV-W
      A.J. Vitti, P.T. Della Vecchia and R. Wierzbicki (Brazil)
  24. Screening of melons for sweetpotato whitefly resistance: 1993
      J.D. McCreight (USA)
  25. Resistance of Cucumis melo var. agrestis to Trialeurodes vaporariorum
      C. Soria, A.I.L. Sese, and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon (Spain)
  26. Callus formation from cotyledon and hypocotyl of Cucumis melo L. and Cucumis metuliferus
      A. Beharav and Y. Cohen (Israel)
  27. Attempts to overcome barrier of interspecific hybridization between Cucumis melo and C. metuliferus
      A. Beharav and Y. Cohen (Israel)
  28. Effect of gamma-radiation on vitality and fertilization ability of Cucumis melo and C. metuliferus pollen
      A. Beharav and Y. Cohen (Israel)
  29. The crossability of Cucumis melo and C. metuliferus, an investigation of in vivo pollen tube growth
      A. Beharav and Y. Cohen (Israel)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  30. A new morphological marker in watermelon, juvenile albino (ja)
      X. Zhang and B.B. Rhodes (USA)
  31. Determination of watermelon ploidy level using flow cytometry
      X.P. Zhang, B.B. Rhodes and J.F. Whitesides (USA)
  32. Screening for resistance to anthracnose (race 2), gummy stem blight, and root knot nematode in watermelon germplasm
      G.E. Boyhan, J.D. Norton and B.R. Abrahams (USA)
  33. Shoot regeneration from immature cotyledons of watermelon
      X.P. Zhang, B.B. Rhodes and J.W. Adelberg (USA)
  34. RAPD molecular markers in watermelon
      X.P. Zhang, B.B. Rhodes and H. Skorupska (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  35. On the selective activator of gene B2 in C. moschata
      O. Shifriss (USA)
  36. Inheritance of hard rind in C. maxima x C. moschata crosses
      P.S. Koch and P.T. Della Vecchia (Brazil)
  37. Heritability of seed size in hull-less seeded strains of Cucurbita pepo L.
      R.B. Carle and J.B. Loy (USA)
  38. Response reaction of C. moschata breeding lines to mechanical inoculations of CMV, PRSV-W, and WMV-11
      P.T. Della Vecchia, A.J. Vitti, R. Wierzbicki and M.A. Pavan (Brazil)
• Other Genera and Species
  39. Genetic analysis of bitter principals in Momordica charantia Linn.
      V.S. Devadas and S. Ramadas (India)
  40. Heterosis and combining ability for bitter principals in Momordica charantia Linn.
      V.S. Devadas and S. Ramadas (India)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  41. Gene List for Cucumis melo L.
      M. Pitrat (France)
  42. Linkage groups in Cucumis melo L.
      M. Pitrat (France)
• Appendices
  • Gene Nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
  • CGC 1994 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • CGC Financial Statement (31 December 1993)